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sometimes misattributed to Georg Karl Immanuel Buddeus (1739 - 1814) and by Aurelio Buddeus (1817 - 1880)

Helle Silberglöcklein klingen
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT DUT ENG FRE
Helle Silberglöcklein klingen
Aus der Luft vom Meer;
Leise Mädchenstimmen singen
Fröhlich rings umher;

Und auf leichtem Perlenwagen
Fährt die Fee vorbei,
Von der lauen Luft getragen,
Wallt die Melodei.

Lichte Funken rings umglühten
Sie im heitern Spiel,
Düfte, wie von Rosenblüten,
Wehn vom Mast zum Kiel;

Und der Knabe sieht es träumend 
An des Schiffes Bord,
Doch die Wellen tragen schäumend
Die Erscheinung fort.

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Text Authorship:

  • sometimes misattributed to Georg Karl Immanuel Buddeus (1739 - 1814)
  • by Aurelio Buddeus (1817 - 1880) [author's text not yet checked against a primary source]

Musical settings (art songs, Lieder, mélodies, (etc.), choral pieces, and other vocal works set to this text), listed by composer (not necessarily exhaustive):

  • by Carl Banck (1809 - 1889), "Meerfee", op. 57 (Vier Lieder) no. 1 [sung text not yet checked]
  • by Robert Schumann (1810 - 1856), "Die Meerfee", op. 125 no. 3 (1849), published 1853 [ voice and piano ], from Heitere Gesänge für Singstimme und Klavier, no. 3, Magdeburg, Heinrichshofen's Verlag [sung text checked 1 time]
  • by Max Wilhelm Karl Vogrich (1852 - 1916), "Helle Silberglöcklein klingen", published 1890 [ voice and piano ], from Zweites Lieder-Album, no. 9, Leipzig, Hofmeister [sung text not yet checked]

Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2020, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "De fee van de zee", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Elisabeth Siekhaus) , "The sea fairy", copyright © 2008, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • FRE French (Français) (Guy Laffaille) , "La fée de la mer", copyright © 2013, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


Researcher for this text: Emily Ezust [Administrator]

This text was added to the website between May 1995 and September 2003.
Line count: 16
Word count: 65

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